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by Brumbie_Steve
Sun Apr 14, 2024 12:58 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Waratahs vs Crusaders Match Thread
Replies: 306
Views: 3285

Re: Waratahs vs Crusaders Match Thread

I never thought Muttonmong would have competition for worst kiwi. I like to think he's someone's alt and he's doing this for shits and giggles. But a good chunk of me understands that although Kiwi fans on here are mostly gracious and will congratulate the opposition after a win this guy is literal...
by Brumbie_Steve
Sat Apr 13, 2024 10:53 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Bondi Junction Shooting
Replies: 266
Views: 5997

Re: Bondi Junction Shooting

The AFL have a merchandise stand at mental health facilities handing out RL merchandise. You know it makes sense.
by Brumbie_Steve
Sat Apr 13, 2024 9:15 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Bondi Junction Shooting
Replies: 266
Views: 5997

Re: Bondi Junction Shooting

My youngest daughter was in Sydney this weekend for a wedding. Both my daughters are known to frequent that centre. The wife messaged her and my daughter said she had left the centre about 10 minutes before it all kicked off. Very sad for all concerned, having seen the footage it appears to be drugs...
by Brumbie_Steve
Wed Apr 10, 2024 6:47 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Pushing 80 now
Replies: 42
Views: 1240

Re: Pushing 80 now

The 80s were 'my time' imo but I always felt the 60s were the coolest. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZcyRLtwUVY I was in high school when this came out. Christalmighty. :shock: I was 5 or 6 but I remember this song well. I used to joy ride around with my 2 youngest uncles and my youngest auntie ...
by Brumbie_Steve
Mon Apr 08, 2024 8:44 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Brumbies v Waratahs FFS!
Replies: 100
Views: 1145

Re: Brumbies v Waratahs FFS!

Be nice to Sluggy you lot. He has really suffered for the last 10 years of the Waratahs 2 year revival plan. To be fair he manned up quite well for the first 10.
by Brumbie_Steve
Sat Mar 30, 2024 9:07 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: SRP Rd 6 - Reds v Brumbies
Replies: 207
Views: 2898

Re: SRP Rd 6 - Reds v Brumbies

Two good teams having a crack. Not much more you can want. I would want Les Kiss to refrain from selecting Hudson Creighton. Unbelievable selection call that ended up being crucial. Plus, he has a stupid name True needs to be a two dads. Hudson Creighton-Jones (now theres a good rugby name) would b...
by Brumbie_Steve
Fri Mar 29, 2024 7:16 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Australian Politics Thread
Replies: 29330
Views: 2058444

Re: The Australian Politics Thread

Albanese could have countered Dutton et al's critique of The Voice with boringly functional descriptions of the limits of that proposed body's powers but instead he preferred to crap on about his Big Feelings on the matter... Governments propose, Oppositions oppose. Albo did not make the case for t...
by Brumbie_Steve
Thu Mar 28, 2024 9:37 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Australian Politics Thread
Replies: 29330
Views: 2058444

Re: The Australian Politics Thread

The thing is Dutton is getting easy treatment by the media and public because no-one really takes them seriously. But come election time, when people are looking at the Coalition as an alternative government, it will be hard for them to avoid scrutiny of their previous term in office. Robo-debt alo...
by Brumbie_Steve
Sun Mar 24, 2024 3:58 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: War in Ukraine...
Replies: 53402
Views: 2338993

Re: War in Ukraine...

openclashXX wrote: Sun Mar 24, 2024 1:29 am The official news channel of ISIS just published bodycam footage of the shooting. Astonishing that there are people still refusing to believe it was done by them

They'll be posting videos of their mothers identifying them soon.
by Brumbie_Steve
Mon Mar 18, 2024 4:24 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: LIons tickets on sale
Replies: 58
Views: 779

Re: LIons tickets on sale

We're going to have 3 tests with 85% of the crowd being braying Lions' fans, aren't we? I don't go to live matches these days. It's too expensive. You have lots of options for events in Brisbane, too. But this a once in 12 years special occasion. If we had a quarter decent side I would pay but we a...
by Brumbie_Steve
Mon Mar 18, 2024 4:23 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: LIons tickets on sale
Replies: 58
Views: 779

Re: LIons tickets on sale

Couldn't get any for Brisbane. $1400 for 4 tickets in the nose bleed section they can forget it. Have to try again next time.
by Brumbie_Steve
Mon Mar 18, 2024 4:09 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: LIons tickets on sale
Replies: 58
Views: 779

Re: LIons tickets on sale

Thomas wrote: Mon Mar 18, 2024 4:04 am We're going to have 3 tests with 85% of the crowd being braying Lions' fans, aren't we?

I don't go to live matches these days. It's too expensive.
This and we are going to get smashed. ACtually I might just limit myself to the Brumbies game.
by Brumbie_Steve
Mon Mar 18, 2024 4:08 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: LIons tickets on sale
Replies: 58
Views: 779

Re: LIons tickets on sale

RA need the doh. Way early sale and over the top pricing.
by Brumbie_Steve
Mon Mar 18, 2024 4:03 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: LIons tickets on sale
Replies: 58
Views: 779

Re: LIons tickets on sale

I was going to go to all 3 but may have to reconsider.
by Brumbie_Steve
Mon Mar 18, 2024 3:42 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: LIons tickets on sale
Replies: 58
Views: 779

LIons tickets on sale

A presale of Lions Tickets go on sale in 20 minutes. Platinum tickets are $649!!!
by Brumbie_Steve
Fri Mar 15, 2024 8:17 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Crusaders vs Hurricanes Match Thread
Replies: 201
Views: 2623

Re: Crusaders vs Hurricanes Match Thread

To me it looked like he touched the ball but the player still had control and he slid his hand up and hooked his forearm which caused him to drop the ball.
by Brumbie_Steve
Thu Mar 14, 2024 1:54 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: War in Ukraine...
Replies: 53402
Views: 2338993

Re: War in Ukraine...

A lot of Asians and Eastern Europeans who speak English (that I've met) sound like they have learnt it from AMerican movies or television. The ones who sound british generally went to school in Britain.
by Brumbie_Steve
Wed Mar 13, 2024 11:04 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Yeah, don't fly boeing planes at the moment
Replies: 90
Views: 2626

Re: Yeah, don't fly boeing planes at the moment

Lived through it in my company too. Great IT company founded by engineers. Company was f@#ked by accounting management desperately chasing next quarter results to place NYSE analysts long before diversity was a word anyone used. The fact that idiots lap this bull up tells us everything about them. ...
by Brumbie_Steve
Wed Feb 28, 2024 11:09 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Australian Politics Thread
Replies: 29330
Views: 2058444

Re: The Australian Politics Thread

Interesting reports coming out of ASIO https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8538791/asio-boss-mike-burgess-reveals-foreign-intelligence-infiltration/?__vfz=medium%3Dtray_notification#vf-34bb7f7a-0616-4a5c-8a94-7da688bba3c0 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-28/asio-reveals-plot-by-retired-politic...
by Brumbie_Steve
Thu Feb 22, 2024 2:44 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Pie Makers of Auckland
Replies: 152
Views: 11766

Re: Pie Makers of Auckland

I do feel that while its important to taste the more exotic pies that some establishments put out, to get a real feel of quality you do need to try their bog standard meat and gravy pie. Its like testing burger places, you need to try their cheeseburger to establish a baseline. I thought exactly th...
by Brumbie_Steve
Sat Feb 10, 2024 1:44 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Tucker vs Putin
Replies: 75
Views: 3821

Re: Tucker vs Putin

What did surprise me was how subservient Tucker was. It was like watching a young teenager in awe of an older Uncle... laughing nervously... and treated by the Uncle as a bit dim-witted, but at the same time, a useful tool... I don't know what's worse. An interviewer who is passive and subservient,...
by Brumbie_Steve
Sat Feb 10, 2024 1:43 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Tucker vs Putin
Replies: 75
Views: 3821

Re: Tucker vs Putin

I found the interview quite interesting in terms of the detail... though it pretty much confirmed what we thought Putin's thoughts are on Ukraine. And you can see how that thinking (rightly or wrongly) motivates him. What did surprise me was how subservient Tucker was. It was like watching a young ...
by Brumbie_Steve
Fri Feb 09, 2024 9:08 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Australian Politics Thread
Replies: 29330
Views: 2058444

Re: The Australian Politics Thread

That's where I was, yes. The measurements were from BOM, Amberley; about 5km in a straight line. :thumbup: Ms MungoSpouse is a bit of a plane-watcher, so the fact we're on a ridge gives decent lines of view for aircraft flying into and out of Amberley, even tho' the runways are below the treelike o...
by Brumbie_Steve
Fri Feb 09, 2024 4:40 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Melbourne Rebels... SAVED?!
Replies: 852
Views: 29966

Re: Melbourne Rebels goooooooone… soon to be Rebels Pasifika?

grievous wrote: Fri Feb 09, 2024 4:00 am
Brumbie_Steve wrote: Fri Feb 09, 2024 2:44 am Probably Mai Tais, Pina Coladas would be in Key West or the Caribbean.
Or Bounty rum
Move the rebels to Suva? Surely not.
by Brumbie_Steve
Fri Feb 09, 2024 2:44 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Melbourne Rebels... SAVED?!
Replies: 852
Views: 29966

Re: Melbourne Rebels goooooooone… soon to be Rebels Pasifika?

Probably Mai Tais, Pina Coladas would be in Key West or the Caribbean.
by Brumbie_Steve
Wed Feb 07, 2024 10:20 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Fck me I'm Irish DNA analysis
Replies: 163
Views: 4460

Re: Fck me I'm Irish DNA analysis

I got my results back recently and are 50% English 41% Irish 9% Scottish Nothing else so I am probably more british than most of you lot. The English is from Central and Southern, including about 10% Cornish. Although I was adopted I have tracked my biological parents and they basically told me what...
by Brumbie_Steve
Tue Feb 06, 2024 11:03 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Downfall: The Case Against Boeing
Replies: 172
Views: 28205

Re: Downfall: The Case Against Boeing

The triumph of the finance types over the engineers.
by Brumbie_Steve
Fri Feb 02, 2024 8:18 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: War in Ukraine...
Replies: 53402
Views: 2338993

Re: War in Ukraine...

Two days ago at Novomikhailovka, the 72nd Mechanized Brigade destroyed an entire column of 3 T-72s, 7 MT-LBs and 1 BMP-3 using nothing but FPV drones. Saw that. While not hordes, in most instances it looked to be multiple drones per vehicle taking them out. To state the obvious, the cost difference...
by Brumbie_Steve
Fri Feb 02, 2024 2:25 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Inspector Noble on the job QLD troll charged.
Replies: 2
Views: 314

Inspector Noble on the job QLD troll charged.

It appears that Inspector Noble has been on the job. https://www.smh.com.au/sport/rugby-union/australian-troll-charged-for-online-referee-abuse-during-rugby-world-cup-20231226-p5etn1.html Australian troll charged for online referee abuse during Rugby World Cup Iain Payten ByIain Payten February 1, 2...
by Brumbie_Steve
Mon Jan 29, 2024 5:17 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Bombs away #Houthis
Replies: 159
Views: 19591

Re: Bombs away #Houthis

Goes without saying, which is why nobody had said it. Other than you, of course. So it's great that Noel ahem Graham Norton can call Trump who is not in office yet Bidens are te Untouchables This is why I visit Planet Rugby. To read posts like this first thing in the morning. Go with the cryptic cr...
by Brumbie_Steve
Sun Jan 28, 2024 3:30 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Ultimate Identity Theft
Replies: 5
Views: 676

Re: Ultimate Identity Theft

Any opinion on Ancestry.com? I just got my results back but I am careful with the info I share etc. FYI I am devestated by my results. Turns out I am 50% English 41% Irish and 9% Scottish. Dodged a bullet with Welsh though (0%) so there is that. From that I estimate that I am more British than 60% ...
by Brumbie_Steve
Sun Jan 28, 2024 2:25 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Ultimate Identity Theft
Replies: 5
Views: 676

Re: Ultimate Identity Theft

Any opinion on Ancestry.com? I just got my results back but I am careful with the info I share etc. FYI I am devestated by my results. Turns out I am 50% English 41% Irish and 9% Scottish. Dodged a bullet with Welsh though (0%) so there is that. From that I estimate that I am more British than 60% o...
by Brumbie_Steve
Fri Jan 19, 2024 4:21 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: War in Ukraine...
Replies: 53402
Views: 2338993

Re: War in Ukraine...

Technically most of the world recognises China over Taiwan. The Pacific is one of the few places on earth where there are still countries that recognise Taiwan and not China. However, China has been very successful over the past decade in poaching Taiwan’s friends. Solomon Islands the big one in re...
by Brumbie_Steve
Tue Dec 26, 2023 12:51 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: War in Ukraine...
Replies: 53402
Views: 2338993

Re: War in Ukraine...

Bulgarian secret services have collected data showing that Russia is paying an average of €2000 a month to a variety of Bulgarian politicians, journalists, political scientists and analysts, and other other public figures. And what are they going to do about it? Begin a window servicing program for...
by Brumbie_Steve
Tue Dec 26, 2023 12:39 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Israel declares state of war
Replies: 9088
Views: 283964

Re: Israel declares state of war

In the unlikely event Isreal stopped and even dismantled the settlements , I think there’s a very good chance that rocket attacks might cease in exchange. I don’t think you quite realise how much these settlements and their continued expansion are the focus of Palestinian anger . We will find out f...
by Brumbie_Steve
Sat Dec 23, 2023 7:26 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Israel declares state of war
Replies: 9088
Views: 283964

Re: Israel declares state of war

I think you've been reading what you expect to read, not what I actually say. Pointing out where arguments are emotionally based, illogical or inaccurate doesn't mean I disagree with their general tenor. Just that I feel they've been argued wrong. Blind Freddy can see the settlements are an issue, ...
by Brumbie_Steve
Fri Dec 22, 2023 6:10 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Israel declares state of war
Replies: 9088
Views: 283964

Re: Israel declares state of war

I think you've been reading what you expect to read, not what I actually say. Pointing out where arguments are emotionally based, illogical or inaccurate doesn't mean I disagree with their general tenor. Just that I feel they've been argued wrong. Blind Freddy can see the settlements are an issue, ...
by Brumbie_Steve
Thu Dec 21, 2023 9:10 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: War in Ukraine...
Replies: 53402
Views: 2338993

Re: War in Ukraine...

Poland's (committed) military spending has ballooned compared to Poland's military spending, which is the main point. Everyone comes second when compared to the US. Poland is quite happy to essentially scrap their Warsaw pact equipment by donating it to Ukraine and buy shiny 21st century equipment ...
by Brumbie_Steve
Thu Dec 21, 2023 8:57 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Israel declares state of war
Replies: 9088
Views: 283964

Re: Israel declares state of war

Quite why it’s so necessary to insist on an occupation forces complete lack of malfeasance and ill intent escapes me . You can still support Isreal yet object to some of their military actions . Infrastructure is being targeted in an attempt to destroy or at the very least displace an entire popula...
by Brumbie_Steve
Fri Dec 15, 2023 9:53 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Ex Wallaby coach accused of sexual assault
Replies: 95
Views: 6044

Re: Ex Wallaby coach accused of sexual assault

AN inspiring Rugby Coach?

I'm sure James Grant thought so.